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  • Don't Blow Up Your Ministry: Defuse the Underlying Issues That Take Pastors Down, By Michael MacKenzie
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    Don't Blow Up Your Ministry

    Defuse the Underlying Issues That Take Pastors Down

    by Michael MacKenzie
    Foreword by Marshall Shelley

    There's a ticking time bomb in your ministry. Is it you?

    The pressures of pastoring are endless, leading many to burnout and depression, sexual misconduct, or substance abuse. But moral failures can be averted and shipwrecked ministries can be repaired. Counselor Michael MacKenzie, a longtime expert in helping pastors at risk, deals with the issues beneath the issues, such ...

  • A Prayer for Orion: A Son's Addiction and a Mother's Love, By Katherine James
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    A Prayer for Orion

    A Son's Addiction and a Mother's Love

    by Katherine James

    • 2020 ECPA Top Shelf Book Cover Award

    It's always somebody else's kid—until it's yours. When Katherine James and her husband found out their son was using heroin, their responses ran the gamut: disbelief, anger, helplessness, guilt. As they struggled to come to grips with their son's addiction and decide how best to help him, their home ...

  • Intelligent Design Uncensored: An Easy-to-Understand Guide to the Controversy, By William A. Dembski and Jonathan Witt
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    Intelligent Design Uncensored

    An Easy-to-Understand Guide to the Controversy

    by William A. Dembski and Jonathan Witt

    What is ID? Why is it controversial? Intelligent design is surrounded by a storm of debate. Proponents and opponents have both sought to have their voices heard above the din. Is it unscientific? Is it a danger to real Christian faith? Is it trying to smuggle God into the classroom? Controversy can create confusion rather than clarity. So here to clear things up is Bill Dembski, one of the founders ...

  • The Message of Deuteronomy, By Raymond Brown
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    The Message of Deuteronomy

    The Bible Speaks Today Series

    by Raymond Brown

    No Old Testament book has exerted a greater influence on the formation of both Jewish and Christian thought and practice than Deuteronomy. It presents the final message of Moses to the people of Israel, providing foundational theology for the rest of Scripture. When we read Deuteronomy today, we hear Moses address us as a future generation of the covenant people of God. The challenges ...

  • Jeremiah, By Derek Kidner
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    Jeremiah

    Kidner Classic Commentaries

    by Derek Kidner

    Preaching's Preacher's Guide to the Best Bible Reference

    The prophet Jeremiah and King Josiah were born at the end of the longest, darkest reign in Judah's history. Human sacrifice and practice of the black arts were just two features of the wickedness that filled Jerusalem from one end to the other with innocent blood. As outspoken prophet and reforming king, these ...

  • Daniel: Spiritual Living in a Secular World, By Douglas Connelly
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    Daniel

    Spiritual Living in a Secular World

    LifeGuide Bible Studies

    by Douglas Connelly

    A permissive society, a power-hungry people, a nation without God. Daniel's situation in Babylon sounds quite a bit like our own. In the midst of such forces, how can we remain loyal to biblical values? How can we have a positive impact on those around us? In this twelve-session LifeGuide® Bible Study, Daniel gives us practical and personal help with these questions. For over three ...

    Number of Studies: 12

  • Galatians, By G. Walter Hansen
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    Galatians

    The IVP New Testament Commentary Series

    by G. Walter Hansen

    "Wherever ethnic rivalries are destroying societies, the book of Galatians calls Christians to express the truth of the gospel in communities where there are no ethnic or social or gender divisions." With this strong admonition, Walter Hansen introduces his IVP New Testament Commentary on Galatians. Unlike many other commentaries, Hansen's volume highlights not only the individual dimensions of ...

  • 1 & 2 Thessalonians: Living in the End Times, By John Stott
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    1 & 2 Thessalonians

    Living in the End Times

    John Stott Bible Studies

    by John Stott
    With Dale Larsen and Sandy Larsen

    Study Scripture with John Stott

    Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again. For centuries Christians have proclaimed these central truths. The gospel that began in space and time will ultimately be fulfilled at Christ's return. And as we wait and long for Christ's return, this gospel gives us encouragement and a reason for hope. These ten studies on Paul's letters ...

    Number of Studies: 10

  • 1 & 2 Timothy and Titus: Do What You Have Heard, By Pete Sommer
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    1 & 2 Timothy and Titus

    Do What You Have Heard

    LifeGuide Bible Studies

    by Pete Sommer

    Deteriorating values. Competing religions. Weakening morality. Do you feel sometimes that the world presents you with more problems than you can handle? Timothy and Titus faced all of these tough issues as young church leaders. But Paul encouraged them to put aside timidity and insecurity, and to find strength in Christ. As Pete Sommer guides you in this eleven-session LifeGuide® ...

    Number of Studies: 11

  • End Times, By R. Paul Stevens
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    End Times

    LifeGuide Bible Studies

    by R. Paul Stevens

    Do you wonder about the "end times"--

    • when it will come?
    • what it will be like?
    • what will happen to you?

    As R. Paul Stevens leads you to examine for yourself what the Bible says about end times, you'll learn what you can do now to be ready for the future--whatever it holds. In this thirteen-session LifeGuide® Bible Study features additional questions ...

    Number of Studies: 13